A 25-year-old woman was admitted to our thoracic surgery service with a 6-month history of recurrent hemoptysis. Previous treatments with meropenem and ribavirin — administered at local clinics for ...

Background: Suicidal thoughts among physicians are common and increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet many hesitate to ...

Key points In November 2025, Canada lost its measles elimination status, which it had held since 1998.[1][1] From October ...

Key points A 39-year-old woman with a known history of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) presented to the emergency department ...

The day was blistering and the road shimmered with heat. I was seven years old when I asked to cross the street alone for ice cream. It was meant to be a small rite of passage, a step toward freedom.

A 31-year-old pregnant woman (35 weeks’ gestation; gravida 2, para 1) presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of progressively painful, bright red facial erythema ([Figure 1][1]).

Sentinel injuries are minor, unexplained injuries in pre-cruising infants that are often the first indication of physical abuse, which may precede more serious harm.[1][1],[2][2] In one study, more ...

Background: Children with major trauma have better outcomes when treated in pediatric trauma centres, but population-based data on access to these centres in Canada are lacking. We aimed to estimate ...

Eustachian tube dysfunction leads to inadequate ventilation of the middle ear It is caused by inflammation or narrowing of the eustachian tube, which leads to aural fullness and muffled hearing ...

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A recent meta-analysis showed that, compared with the left-lateral going-to-sleep position, the supine going-to-sleep position was associated with stillbirth (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2.63, 95% ...

Pregnant people with measles are at higher risk of pneumonia, hepatitis, and hospitalization and have a 10-fold higher risk of death than those who are not pregnant.1 Infection also increases the risk ...